diff --git a/tests/sdk/nodejs/examples/helm-release/step1/index.ts b/tests/sdk/nodejs/examples/helm-release/step1/index.ts
index 87f47b5003..b09410d067 100644
--- a/tests/sdk/nodejs/examples/helm-release/step1/index.ts
+++ b/tests/sdk/nodejs/examples/helm-release/step1/index.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
 import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
 import * as k8s from "@pulumi/kubernetes";
-import * as random from "@pulumi/random";
 import { FileAsset } from "@pulumi/pulumi/asset";
 
 const redisPassword = pulumi.secret("$053cr3t!");
 
-const nsName = new random.RandomPet("test");
-const namespace = new k8s.core.v1.Namespace("release-ns", {
-    metadata: {
-        name: nsName.id
-    }
-});
+const namespace = new k8s.core.v1.Namespace("release-ns", {});
 
 const release = new k8s.helm.v3.Release("release", {
     chart: "redis",
diff --git a/tests/sdk/nodejs/examples/helm-release/step1/package.json b/tests/sdk/nodejs/examples/helm-release/step1/package.json
index a6ec419cb0..e72321629f 100644
--- a/tests/sdk/nodejs/examples/helm-release/step1/package.json
+++ b/tests/sdk/nodejs/examples/helm-release/step1/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     "dependencies": {
         "@pulumi/pulumi": "^3.0.0",
         "@pulumi/kubernetes": "latest",
-        "@pulumi/kubernetesx": "^0.1.5",
-        "@pulumi/random": "^4.2.0"
+        "@pulumi/kubernetesx": "^0.1.5"
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/sdk/nodejs/examples/helm-release/step2/index.ts b/tests/sdk/nodejs/examples/helm-release/step2/index.ts
index 61bd4cbab8..a20b70939b 100644
--- a/tests/sdk/nodejs/examples/helm-release/step2/index.ts
+++ b/tests/sdk/nodejs/examples/helm-release/step2/index.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
 import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
 import * as k8s from "@pulumi/kubernetes";
-import * as random from "@pulumi/random";
 import { FileAsset } from "@pulumi/pulumi/asset";
 
 const redisPassword = pulumi.secret("$053cr3t!");
 
-const nsName = new random.RandomPet("test");
-const namespace = new k8s.core.v1.Namespace("release-ns", {
-    metadata: {
-        name: nsName.id
-    }
-});
+const namespace = new k8s.core.v1.Namespace("release-ns", {});
 
 const release = new k8s.helm.v3.Release("release", {
     chart: "redis",